NMFS News Release

Northeast Regional Office
One Blackburn Drive
Gloucester, MA 01930

Massachusetts Sumer Flounder Closure

This letter is to inform you that the summer flounder (fluke)
commercial quota available to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
has been harvested.

Effective July 23, 1998 fishing vessels issued a Federal
moratorium permit for the summer flounder fishery may no longer
land summer flounder in Massachusetts for the remainder of the
1998 calendar year. Vessel owners issued Federal permits are
also reminded that they must continue to complete and submit
vessel logbooks. Additionally, dealers issued Federal dealer
permits for summer flounder are advised that they may not
purchase summer flounder from Federally permitted vessels that
land in Massachusetts for the remainder of the calendar year.
Federally permitted dealers must also continue to report all fish
purchases from any vessel.